News in Pictures May 5 - 11

Photoshop Contest Gallery - 15 entries

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Contest Info

Started: 5/10/2008 05:00

Ended: 5/12/2008 06:00

Level: advanced

Entries: 19

Jackpot:

$5

$3

$2

Contest Directions:Create images of something that happened in the news during May 5 - 11. Here's an example of a news story that can be used:
After primaries in North Carolina and Indiana this week, Obama practically sealed the party's nomination. Given few remaining delegates at stake, it's impossible for Clinton to turn the tables in her favor, despite her claim that she will stay in the race till the nominee is announced. Obama said that he is eager to offer Clinton a VP seat. So far there's been no reaction from the Clinton camp on the offer, but it looks like it will be Obama-Clinton ticket this election. As it usually happens at the end of the race, the candidates will "put their differences behind and unite for the sake of the party".
In the Author's Comments, it is mandatory to link to a news story. You should use this format to make a link:
[URL="http://www.SomeNewsLink.com"] news title [/URL]
Keep the BLACK as is, replace GREEN with the link and write the name you want shown in RED.

Your links appear to be down.Here is an alternate News Link for your entry.

The composition is very nice.I would play about with the grass, flowers and the dress fabric around the feet of the pig so that the pig appears to be more grounded. This may mean cloning the grass so that it covers more of the pig's feet and/or applying shaddowing to the flowers and dress behind the pig.

Watch how you apply your shadows as they should only be visible if they fall against a neighbouring object. The closer the object, the sharper the shadow. If the object casting the shadow is standing free, then any applied shadows may appear as a glowing effect or may damage the overall depth or perspective of your work.

The expression on the pig's face is great and fits in nicely with the whimsical theme of your entry. Normally the face of the girl would need to be desaturated to match the existing skin tones of the source but I would leave it as it is since it is the focal point of your work.